July 31, 2008
Software and Failure
As Amy and run around like silly people packing up to head back to Boulder tonight, I stumbled upon two fantastic posts on the web. Consider this your daily reading ...
July 30, 2008
Brief Thoughts On How The IBM Acquisition Machine Works
The NY Times has a great short article up titled The I.B.M. Acquisition Machine: A Seller’s Perspective. It has several quotes from Pierre Haren, the co-founder of CEO of Ilog ...
July 29, 2008
Connecting Your Brain Directly To The Internet
It could happen before you expect it. I read a lot of science fiction and have been fantasizing about the opportunity to jack into cyberspace for a long time. We ...
Why I Spend A Month A Year in Homer, Alaska
I wish it were as simple as "the weather." After 27 days in a row of rain (ok – we had sun for part of two days), the sun finally ...
July 28, 2008
The Best Advice For The Economy I’ve Heard In A While
Mark Cuban has a brilliant post up titled How to Jumpstart the Economy – Tax Free Small Businesses. He totally nails it. Send a copy to every politician you know.
July 25, 2008
A Very Good String Of Books
I had a week of "a book a day" where every single one I read was great. I’m now slogging through an "ok" book (The Pirate’s Dilemma: How Youth Culture ...
July 23, 2008
The Dark Knight
Amy insists I’m the Good Knight so we’ll call this a good night for the Dark Knight.
Be afraid. Be very afraid.
My Dad’s Summer Camp Story – 1950
I love it when my dad writes about personal history on his blog. He’s a great storyteller and is extremely articulate about living and growing up in a generation that ...
Doubling Down
Fred Wilson – my friend and co-investor in Zynga – titled his post on Zynga’s $29 million financing Raising The Stakes so I couldn’t resist titling my post Doubling Down. ...
July 22, 2008
Glue and Comments
Since last summer I’ve been talking about comments as the Dark Matter of the Blogosphere. I use Intense Debate* for the comment system on my blog and have learned a ...
I’m Speculating About The Speculation About Oil
Having just finished reading George Soros’s latest book The New Paradigm for Financial Markets: The Credit Crash of 2008 and What It Means my brain is now full of his ...
July 21, 2008
Running and Conferences
I’ve got some fun things for you to do this Monday morning (or at least to put on your schedule to do.)
Want to learn how to run? How to Go ...
Reporting on w3w3 from Homer, Alaska
My friend Larry Nelson who with his wife Pat runs w3w3.com interviews me periodically. I’m always happy to talk to Larry – he’s a tireless reporter on the Colorado entrepreneurial ...
July 20, 2008
Brilliant Op-Ed Crushing McCain On The Economy
My Sunday morning online scan of the New York Times turned up an awesome Op-Ed by Frank Rich titled It’s the Economic Stupidity, Stupid. It’s a scathing (er – "fucking ...
July 19, 2008
Excellent Story on the Failure of Monitor110
It’s unusual for a founder to write a long thoughtful post on the failure of his company. Roger Ehrenberg – the co-founder of Monitor110 – which shut down earlier this ...